Earlier this month it was revealed that the Canadian government was settling with Omar Khadr, the Canadian citizen who had spent eight years in detention at a US naval base in Cuba known as Guantanamo…

Last week a BC court denied an adjournment of the case raised by the BCCLA and the John Howard’s Society regarding the constitutionality of solitary confinement. The federal government wanted to adjourn the case because…

If the BC government amends the Immediate Roadside Prohibition (“IRP”) scheme to include drug impairment, a constitutional challenge cannot be brought against the proposed anti-drugged-driving federal legislation. BC is unlike many provinces in Canada, because…

A complaint alleging that the federal government’s use of inaccessible computer programs is discriminatory against employees with disabilities is headed to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT). Abigail Shorter, an employee of the federal government for…

The Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (“OIC”) has released its yearly report for 2016-2017. The report contains the usual information—ranging from developments in departmental efficiency to ongoing legal challenges related to the OIC—while…

On May 10, 2017 United States’ Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, issued a memo for all federal prosecutors, instituting a new policy on how charges are to be laid and sentencing is to be approached. The…

Last month, a BC Supreme Court judge held a change in the criminal pardons process is unconstitutional. In 2012, the Conservative government changed the Criminal Records Act to double the amount of time a person…

Bradley Trost, the Conservative MP representing Saskatoon (University), introduced a private member’s bill to the House of Commons that seeks to incorporate and privatize the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The bill, Bill C-308, was introduced in…